Starter rebuild kits for 73' Ford 4000 Diesel starter motor

ggb3 · Oct 15, 2016

Good evening y'all,
Anyone know if this site or any other has the correct rebuild kit for a starter on a 73' Ford 4000 Diesel?

Brushes, bushing bearings, etc. Starter worked great, got a bit of water in it. I hate to buy a new one as the old one is built well and I am afraid a new one will be garbage. Barring the parts availability, are the new starters built well?

Thank you,
George

Bern · Oct 15, 2016

Can't help you with rebuild kits, but I can give you my opinion on many of the remans I've seen in the past: JUNK! I've seen OEM starters on average go many years before they give trouble, whereas some remans are lucky to make it several months before giving some sort of an issue. All that to say, if I could rebuild my old original OEM starter, I would.

RickB · Oct 15, 2016

There are new Lucas starters available in the aftermarket at reasonable cost. Some New Holland dealers offer them, and other retailers do as well. I keep between 1 and 3 on the shelf at all times, for example.

billyar · Oct 16, 2016

This sight has new lucas starters for your tractor

Bern · Oct 16, 2016

New LUCAS starters, or Chinese imitations? I'd be very leery.

RickB · Oct 16, 2016

They seem to list 3 different part numbers of 5" starters for the group of tractors that use them. One is listed as a Lucas. All 3 are priced the same.

RodinNS · Oct 16, 2016

I find it's usually just as easy to find a local starter shop and have them go through it... new bushings and brushes usually take care of it. Aside from that I would be rather.... suspect of anything 'new' that doesn't have 'Lucas' on the side of it. A new M50G will probably cost you 3-400. The knock offs are half that...

Rod

Destroked 450 · Oct 16, 2016

I replaced the Lucas on one of my 4000's with a new gear reduction Denso style starter, the engine spins over faster and starts better in cold weather than it did with the Lucas. Still doing good after two years of normal farm work.

Look up Ebay item 110947943167 to see what it looks like.

Texasmark1 · Oct 17, 2016

I bought 2 new starters in the past 10 years. First one was for a '63 2000D that the armature would ground out to the case such that you had to hit it wit a hammer while pushing the start button to get it up in the air long enough to spin up. Normal replaceable components, including having the local "expert" having a shot at it after I gave up, didn't solve the problem.

The second was a '65 3000D I bought that had a 4" installed when for a diesel it should have had a 5".

Both were www purchases, both around $165. I remember that the 5" was a Lucas; don't remember on the 4". The Lucas came from England as I recall. Both are still working as well as you could want from a starter.

Starter rebuild kits for 73' Ford 4000 Diesel starter motor

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